Effects of Periodic Task-Specific Test Feedback on Physical Performance in Older Adults Undertaking Band-Based Resistance Exercise

Table 1

Participant characteristics (mean ± SD).

Variables	Muscle performance feedback group	Functional mobility feedback group	𝑃 values
No. of participants	32	20
Demographic
Gender (men/women)^†	16/16	5/15	0.09
Age (years)^‡	71.4±4.3	73.7±5.5	0.10
Anthropometrics
Height (cm)^‡	155.4±6.8	152.1±7.5	0.11
Weight (kg)^‡	56.7±9.0	55.5±8.5	0.63
BMI (kg/m^2)^‡	23.4±3.0	24.0±3.2	0.53
Prevalent disease [number (%)]
Hypertension^†	8 (25%)	9 (45%)	0.14
Knee osteoarthritis^†	8 (25%)	5 (25%)	1.00
Diabetes mellitus^†	4 (13%)	3 (15%)	0.55
Heart disease^†	4 (13%)	3 (15%)	0.55
Osteoporosis^†	2 (6%)	1 (5%)	0.67
Compliance of exercise
Adherence at community; center (%)^‡	92.0±13.0	87.2±12.1	0.11
Frequency (days/week)^‡	2.7±1.3	2.1±1.0	0.19

Note: BMI: body mass index.
No significant differences at baseline were present between groups for all indexes.
^†𝜒² test was used to evaluate differences between the groups.
^‡Student’s t-test was used to evaluate the difference between the groups.